Growing up in nuclear free New Zealand, I never would have imagined being caught up in a 'nuclear plant meltdown'. In fact before the 2011 Fukushima disaster, I don't think those words even existed in my vocabulary.

The TA project came together last year to support the children of Fukushima who had limited time a day to play outside. With the overwhelming support from people all over the world, they invited children for a 4 day camp in Osaka so they could escape the everyday stresses and just be kids again. And they're doing it all again this year with a few changes!

1 August 2013

I share the same conundrum as Nami from Just one cookbook. Being Japanese, I too often get asked “Do you make sushi at home?” Well, to make great 'Nigiri' sushi, it takes a sushi chef years of mastering. However, we do make an easy form of sushi at home called 'Temaki Sushi' (Hand rolled/wrapped sushi).

You just need to serve the sushi rice, nori (seaweed sheet) and fillings in the middle of the table. Each person then hand rolls/wraps their own sushi with their preferred topping. This is why you could call it 'DIY sushi'!

View her full recipe and tutorial as well as other fabulous Japanese recipes here.

Here's a very clever DIY shoe hanger tutorial made out of old wire clothes hangers by EBOT. Check out their full tutorial here.What you need:
- Wire metal hangers
- Pliers

1. Cut off the bottom section of the hanger
2. Roll up the two edges
3. Use both your hands and your pliers and bend your hanger into approx shape as per picture
4. Now for the pretty ribbon part. I skipped this step but you can view EBOT's detailed tutorial here.

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